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The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against SpaceX on Thursday for discriminating against asylees and refugees in its hiring process. The DoJ alleges that SpaceX violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discouraging asylees and refugees from applying and refusing to hire them because of their citizenship status. According to the lawsuit,...

Measat and Parcel65 have revealed details of a milestone as they look to help rural entrepreneurs across Malaysia. The two companies announced Aug. 24 that they had activated the Program Transformasi Usahawan (PTU) segment of the KampungDigital365.com initiative. The activation was marked by a launch event that included the introduction of the PTU platform, which...

A payload adapter that is the target for ClearSpace’s future debris removal mission was likely hit by other space debris, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Tuesday.  ESA reported that a small, untracked object likely collided with the VESPA payload adapter left in-orbit from a 2013 Vega launch — because ESA is now tracking new...

New company Gotonomi is offering satcom terminals and service for uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), in partnership with Viasat. Gotonomi is a new subsidiary of U.K. company TTP – The Technology Partnership, debuting ahead of the upcoming Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas.  Gotonomi is offering satellite terminals for UAVs flight trial development kits to partners...

SES has announced in a new partnership in the Philippines. SES is teaming up with We Are IT (WIT) to deliver connectivity services via the SES-9 satellite to 43 Filipino Commission of Elections offices. SES announced the partnership, Aug. 23. The partnership will see SES enable WIT to deliver connectivity to the commission’s offices in...

In-space transportation company Momentus executed a reverse stock split on Wednesday, to raise the price of its shares so the company can continue trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange.  Momentus was set to execute the reverse stock split at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 23 at a 1-for-50 ratio. This means that every 50 shares of...

Sidus Space is acquiring Exo-Space to expand into the AI sector and improve its solutions for the Earth observation market. Sidus Space is a satellite manufacturing and space services company developing the multi-mission LizzieSat constellation.   Sidus Space said that Exo-Space’s technology in AI edge computing for software and space hardware complements its own. The company...

Private equity firm Trive Capital is acquiring Hypergiant Industries to advance its AI solutions for the defense sector. Trive Capital, based in Dallas, announced the acquisition on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Thrive Capital Partner David Stinnett said that Hypergiant has a geospatial data visualization capability that puts the company at the...

The Space Development Agency (SDA) selected Mynaric for an optical ground terminal demonstration set for 2025. The demonstration announced Tuesday, will focus on connecting various space-based optical communications terminals and an optical ground station designed by Mynaric.  The program will serve as risk reduction for follow-on demonstrations between the optical ground station and satellites in...

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) plans to launch a multi-spectral optical satellite on Friday, Aug. 25, a first for major university in Hong Kong. HKUST announced the planned launch Aug. 21. The satellite will be launched from at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu with CGSTL, or  Chang Guang Satellite...